Chapter 122: The Glass Mirror II
Xu Fu glanced at Lu Sheng, got his approval, and then drove the car to follow these men, and walked along the town street for a while, and saw a huge four-story red attic in sight. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
The attic has a white roof and red walls, and a pair of large bronze scissors hang on the door, which are more than a person high, and they look unusually sharp. But if you look closely, you can tell that it is just a decoration, a pattern embedded in the door.
Behind the attic is a large courtyard with layers of cascading courtyards.
Outside the gate, a long-haired girl with a thin waist and a well-proportioned figure was waiting there in a green light gauze dress with a long sword on her back.
Seeing Lu Sheng and the two, the girl's eyes lit up and she hurried to catch up.
"Dare to ask, but the envoy of the Red Whale Gang?"
"Exactly, you are the eldest lady of the tea gang, Dong Qi, right?" Xu Chui replied with a smile. "My family has come to solve this matter in person, and please lead the way. ”
Lu Sheng slowly walked out of the carriage at this time, his current figure is much more normal than before, no longer the kind of muscle lines that look exaggerated, and there is also a thin layer of short hair on his bald head, at least not so fierce and violent.
But with such a look now, Dong Qi looked at it at a glance, and immediately felt a fierce aura rushing towards him.
Just looking at the two crossed broadswords on Lu Sheng's back, he knew that this one was the one who was the one who solved this matter.
"Dare to ask what this envoy is called? Dong Qi is the daughter of the leader of the tea gang. He is now helping the prime minister. She asked with a solemn tone in her voice.
"In the next surname road, Miss Dong Qi should first introduce the tea gang. Lu Sheng didn't introduce himself carefully, and his identity as a gang leader was naturally inconvenient to spread at will.
"It turned out to be a road envoy, please come down with me. Dong Qi looked relieved, she had been suffering every night these days, and she was constantly having nightmares. Now that the savior has finally come, the Red Whale Gang has not dealt with this kind of thing once or twice, and the Tea Gang has also applied to invite the masters of the Red Whale Gang to come before, and it has also been successfully resolved. So there is still faith.
At that moment, she took Lu Sheng and the two into the Holy Tea Workshop behind her.
Passing through the hall, a large table of wine and food had already been placed in the side courtyard, apparently to entertain the two.
After beckoning Lu Shengxu to take a seat, he told him what had happened to the tea gang so far.
"Here's the thing. Dong Qi fell into the memory, and his face also revealed a trace of sadness. "A little over a year ago, in the early spring, something happened to our gang. It was this incident that caused my father, my uncle, and many high-ranking people in the gang to have an accident one by one. ”
"What's the matter?" Miss Dong said directly. Lu Sheng sat in the position of two people alone, and took a sip of the wine glass gently.
Dong Qi nodded, his mood stabilized, and continued.
"At that time, my father, who is also the leader of the tea gang, Dong Shengping, met the pharmacist in the current gang, Zhuo Qingyang, when he was inspecting the tea mountain outside.
My father and Zhuo Qingyang hit it off at first sight, and the two often talked at night with candles, and they didn't sleep overnight.
At first, my uncle and I just thought that the two of us were really talking, but once, I accidentally got up at night and passed by my father's room, and I heard something strange. ”
"What's unusual?" Lu Sheng said. As soon as he entered, he felt that something was wrong. It feels like there's always a little bit of anger missing.
“..... I saw that Daddy and that Zhuo Qing *** were not talking and chatting, but in the room, kneeling together at a glass mirror more than one person high. "At that time, I was very scared, because I saw Zhuo Qingyang and my father kneeling and worshipping, while chanting words, their faces were a little blue. He quickly ran away.
"The next day, I went to ask my dad again, but he was... Actually..."Dong Qi lowered his head and paused. "I don't remember anything about it, and I say I'm talking nonsense. ”
"Don't remember?" is it pretending or really not remembering?" Lu Sheng asked with a squint.
"I am very close to my father, because I have no mother since I was a child, and my father raised me alone, so I am familiar with all the details of his habits. Dong Qi explained, "I can clearly tell that he really doesn't remember such a thing happening." ”
"I really don't remember?" Lu Sheng squinted his eyes and slowed down his breathing, and the corner of his eye swept the willow trees in the yard.
There is more than one willow tree planted at home, and the willow tree is shade, which is not common in ordinary people's homes.
"You continue. He motioned for Dong Qi to continue.
Dong Qi nodded, and said: "From that day on, every night after that, I went to peek outside my father's room, and from time to time I called others to join me." But every time I saw it after that, it was my father sleeping normally, and there was nothing unusual. After a long time, this matter slowly faded. ”
"Until one day...."Dong Qi's expression suddenly became extremely painful. She lowered her head, her hands clenched tightly, and her body trembled uncontrollably.
"I'm really.... I really don't want to remember that day....." she said, and began to cry quietly.
Lu Sheng didn't make a sound, and gestured to Xu Chui on the side, and Xu Chui suddenly spoke up and began to comfort Dong Qi.
Lu Sheng took the opportunity to look at the layout of the house.
In the center of the courtyard there are six willow trees, all of which have fallen branches and catkins fluttering in the wind.
The eaves and walls are some years old, and the mottled wall skin is exposed in many places, and the stone bricks on the ground have grown a lot of fine moss.
The whole courtyard was very quiet, and the maids who were guarding on the side all looked sluggish, and their eyes were dark, as if they were seriously lacking in rest and in a trance.
There is a cloister in the courtyard that leads to the inner courtyard bedrooms.
Lu Shengna looked towards the corridor, and his eyes looked in along the corridor, and he could only see a dark and gloomy place. Gusts of cold wind blew faintly, and there was a biting coldness.
After Xu Fu comforted him for a while, Dong Qi seemed to recover and continued.
"My dad went out on patrol, and then he came back with a corpse... Even the corpses are mutilated .... Later, after crying for a few days, I vowed to find out the real culprit, so I went to find the pharmacist Zhuo Qingyang.
But the man's face was strange, and although he said a lot of comforting words, it sounded awkward.
I was a little skeptical. After that, I asked my uncle and uncle to monitor him, but what I didn't expect was that soon after, my uncle and uncle disappeared one after another....." As soon as Dong Qi said this, he couldn't hold back his tears anymore, like a pearl with a broken thread, flowing down in a hurry.
"What about the pharmacist?" Lu Sheng interjected.
"It's in the gang..... He didn't leave, and no one dared to let him go, and there were some high-ranking people in the gang, who would come to his room every night, and they didn't know what they were doing.
And during the day, everyone is normal, but at night..."Dong Qi showed a trace of horror and worry. "I'm now worried that the Zhenge Tea Gang will be completely ruined like my father, so I have no choice but to invite the envoy to investigate this matter..."
Lu Sheng asked a few more details and probably understood the process.
"That's right. Have you ever seen the glass mirror where your father and the medicine master knelt down?" he asked in a deep voice.
"I saw it, and put it in the bedroom of the pharmacist Zhuo Qingyang, except for Gong Gong, he didn't leave the mirror when he ate, sleeped, or did anything. I sneaked in to see it once when he was out to pay respects. It is no different from the general glass mirror, but it feels quite clear. Dong Qi replied quickly.
"The glass mirror is much more fragile than the bronze mirror, but the mirror is extremely clear. This kind of mirror is often only available on Ju Rongguo's side, and it is extremely valuable, have you asked the pharmacist, how did he get it?" Xu Fu couldn't help but interject.
Dong Qi shook his head.
"That pharmacist is weird, you'll know when you go to see it. I was alone, and I didn't dare to see him at all. ”
Lu Sheng nodded and stood up.
"Okay, take me to meet that Zhuo Qingyang pharmacist now. Without further ado. ”
"Now?" Dong Qi didn't expect Lu Sheng to be resolute, so after listening to the whole story, he was going to investigate the situation.
"Yes, right now. ”
Dong Qi hesitated, and only got up slowly after half a sound.
"I'll take you..... The pharmacist's room is in the most remote corner of the inner courtyard, so please come with me. She slowly got up and led Lu Sheng and the others towards the corridor leading to the inner courtyard.
Lu Sheng followed as he looked back at the maids who had gone up to clean up the wine and food.
The maids stared blankly and behaved weakly, as if they were severely lacking in sleep. The look gives people a sense of wooden puppetry.
The three of them walked all the way through the dark corridor, and soon entered a spacious courtyard, and from this small courtyard to the left, they passed through an arch to the left, and passed through three arches in succession, before they came to a remote and deserted courtyard.
At the gate of the courtyard, there were two men in strong clothes who were yawning, and when they saw Dong Qi coming, they also hurried up to salute.
Dong Qi communicated with the two guarding the door before turning his head to Lu Shengdao.
"This is the courtyard where the pharmacist lives, two ....."
"Let's go inside. Lu Sheng Dama Golden Knife, lowered his hand and walked into the courtyard.
The ground of the yard is piled up with fallen leaves, turning with the wind, making a thin rattling sound.
There is also a doll hanging under the eaves, which seems to be made of linen. On the palm-sized puppet, the two small hands and two calves are gray-white, and they also wear black messy black hair, covering most of their faces.
Lu Sheng walked over and looked at the puppet.
Through the black hair, its face can be seen, and two eyes and a mouth have been dotted with cinnabar. The eyes are extremely expressively drawn and seem to be smiling.
But the corners of his mouth were bent downward, and he seemed to be very unhappy.
Lu Sheng looked at the puppet, didn't pay much attention to it, and walked straight to the bedroom door.
"My lord, I'd better come. Xu Fu caught up and stopped him.
Lu Sheng shook his head. "I'll just come, you pay attention to your surroundings. ”
Xu Fu nodded at this time, and walked to the side to be vigilant.
Knock knock.
Lu Sheng reached out and knocked on the door, but after a while, there was no response.
Knock knock.
He knocked again, but no one answered.
"Maybe it's a compliment?" Dong Qi whispered in the back.
"Do you have a key?" Lu Sheng asked back.
"No.... No. Dong Qi shook his head. She is now scared to death, most of the people in the gang only faintly listen to the pharmacist, and now the situation has become extremely weird, she finally took advantage of her power and sent someone to send a letter to the Red Whale Gang.
In such a situation, it is naturally impossible to have the key to the pharmacist's room.
"Then wait for the man to come. Lu Sheng naturally won't just listen to Dong Qi's words, this kind of investigation naturally requires multiple research. Otherwise, if Dong Qi also has a problem and frames the pharmacist or other people in the gang, he will do it directly without research, it will not be a complete mistake.